Materials chemistry news, July 2022

Novel polymer offers fully recyclable future

Researchers have developed a polymer that can be tailored for different uses and recycled back into its component monomers efficiently and indefinitely.

Digital fabrication brings smart textiles that sense posture and motion

comfortable and form-fitting smart textiles from pressure sensors

Lithography-free 2D nanoribbons line up

one-step chemical vapor deposition synthesis produces regular arrays of single-crystal MoTe2 nanoribbons on SiO2/Si

Materials Today Innovation Award 2022

Energy-saving gas separation with boron nitride nanosheets

energy-saving, green gas separation process uses boron nitride (BN) powers and ball milling

New electrolyte recipe produces tasty sodium-ion battery

By developing a novel electrolyte, researchers have produced a sodium-ion battery with greatly extended longevity.

How silicate nanoparticles can protect historic buildings

Understanding how nanoparticles protect stone

New artificial muscle material could help in robotics

New material makes artificial muscles that are stronger and more flexible than their biological counterparts

Graphene gives boost to iron-based fuel cell catalysts

By combining iron with carbon and nitrogen, researchers have produced a new fuel cell catalyst that is efficient, durable and inexpensive.

New battery electrolyte runs hot and cold

By adopting a new electrolyte, researchers have developed lithium-ion batteries that perform well at both freezing cold and scorching hot temperatures.

MOF makes light work of turning methane into methanol

Researchers have developed a light-powered metal-organic framework catalyst that can efficiently convert methane into methanol.

New battery electrolytes are a gas

Researchers have developed liquefied gas electrolytes that could be used to produce lithium-ion batteries that are sustainable and fire-extinguishing.

Carbon monoxide foams make tasty therapy

Inspired by molecular gastronomy, researchers have incorporated carbon monoxide into stable foams for treating inflammation and tissue damage.

Electrospinning a yarn about wearable electronic devices

A new open-access paper examines some of the latest advances in wearable electronic devices being developed using electrospinning.

Holey unusual form of graphyne synthesized

novel, two-dimensional, single-crystalline ‘holey’ graphyne synthesized in a bottom-up approach